Arrange for a professional mover Take household goods inventory Check with your insurance agent about coverage for the move, transfer of policies Clean out closets/garage Send draperies and rugs to cleaners in time for packing with other goods Defrost freezer

Call your landlord or the following to have services shut off or disconnected:

Water company Cable TV company Electric company Newspaper delivery Gas/oil company Dairy delivery Telephone company

Notify post office of new address and send change of address cards to:

Pick up any clothing, storage items from cleaners Empty safe-deposit box Arrange for banking in new location, transfer bank funds Arrange for local school to transfer children's records Ask dentist for recommendations of new dentist and arrange for records to be forwarded

General dentist _______________________________________________________

Orthodontist _______________________________________________________

Other _______________________________________________________

Ask physician(s) for recommendations and arrange for records to be forwarded.

Order local newspapers Meet your neighbors (write down their names) Get recommendations for babysitters, nanny agencies, etc. Contact Welcome Wagon, Welcome Ambassador, or other merchant-sponsored organizations for information and free gifts, coupons Join Newcomers Club Put valuables into a safety deposit box in the new bank Arrange for new school to receive records Contact new dentists and doctors to arrange for record delivery Have pets licensed Arrange for new registration of cars (bicycles, also, if required) Obtain new driver's license if you moved to a new province, or correct address on present license